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Hey I was wondering if I could use plastic for a naturalistic setup? You need photos? Here:

so both questions are that im trying ask is that: "Is this the proper way to do it?"

My Formica Subcericia queen has one worker. That's it. No eggs, just the one worker.

Q1: I put them in the outworld with a sock covering it and a straw poking out so they can forage?

Q2: She won't lay anymore eggs because of the time of year and Formica don't keep eggs over the winter?

New update: I caught her and the worker! They are back in a fresh, new, clean test tube! Thanks for the help

How can I tell if a queen is parasitic? Idk if one of mine is becuase the eggs that she lays don’t hatch and I know that she’s mated.

Update: they have moved into nest! But advice is appreciated

My Formica subcericia colony has one worker and a queen (duh) and I kept trying to move them into a new test tube because the mold on the other one was so incredibly bad and they wouldn’t move into the new one, I had it setup in the moving for days! So I had to move them into the nest, I placed thei...

Hey I just made my first honey water test tube about 4 days ago and I checked the cotton on it and it’s alrea super molded, is this normal? What are the proportions for the water and honey

No, Lacius neoniger is one of the most “fully clustral” species out there, they lays their eggs the following year. Happy anting!

Put honey and they will be a little shy because they are new and they’re exoskeleton is not done hardening. They will become more active in about a week.